Employers Cede Five Million Dollar Trade Move
Velndiand Oct 28 reports John A Got Jillia president and William C Durley treasurer of Exchange Stock Company, a brokerage, announcing the retirement of Yate Willan Woo Dell and turning over the business to the employees. The firm says five million dollars is transferred to the workers as part of the succession plan. Dudley and others behind the scenes indicate plans to continue operations with renewed employee involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Got
Jillia
Pesident
William C. Durley
Exchange Stock Company
Yate Willan Woo Dell
Dudley Hive
Wieneu
Harriman Tries to Dodge Fisk in Rail Merger Plan
A report chronicles Harriman seeking to move Union Pacific holdings to a new holding company or companies. The plan aims to redistribute stock and grant certificates to stockholders. The involved assets include large railroad and shipping interests, with details on control and injunctions affecting transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
York
Oat
F. H. Harrimar Tities
Union Pacific
Bovineril Pacific
Oregon
Duhois
Stuywell Tit
Claims Husband in Disgraceful Testimony in Suit
Fragmentary transcript shows a wife alleging her husband consorted with a Miss Tracy and that the maid was pressured to testify against her. J. E. Norris confirms the couple’s estrangement and refers to Marshall as a malicious tie. Daughter and others acted as intermediaries in the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Tracy
Marshall
Aba
Murderer Rogers seeks pardon in Des Moines case
W. C. Rogers, imprisoned for twenty five years, applied today to the pardon board for clemency. He was the man connected to the Faye murder case and the questioning continues over the diary and possession of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des . Moines
W. C. Rogers
Haym Unger
Bory
Yerzot
Prairie fires surge in Arlington region amid prolonged dry spell
In S D Arlington area, a severe dry period lasting fifteen years drives numerous prairie fires. One blaze between Hetland and Arlington scorched valuable timber, threatening buildings. Sparks from a passing locomotive ignited a grove and damaged several structures as firefighters raced to contain the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
S. D
Jess
Helland
Sclira
Judge Church Rules on Anti Pass Law
In Buens Vista, Judge 2 A Church ruled today that the anti pass law is not applicable. Attorney Schuelz of Storm Lake arranged a writ of habeas corpus. An immediate appeal to the supreme court was expected in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sae City
A. Church
Buens Vista Court
Schuelz
Storm Lake
Deg Moines
Supreme
Vanderbilt Estate Reported To Pass Inheritance Court
York reports on the Vanderbilt estate with Alfred Vanderbilt named as heir. The will allocates about 60 million dollars as the total value, with roughly 30 million due in 1912 when Alfred will be 35, and a further 25 million noted as part of the bequest.
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York
Alfred Ay
Vanderbilt
Nenes Story of Indian Uprising
Incomplete fragmentary text discusses Ute Indians on the Cheyenne range and relations with settlers. The page appears to be a damaged 19th century arid Black Hills era account with scattered names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nenes
Deadwood
Norte
Knickerbocker Bank Run Sparks City Turmoil as Suspension Looms
A Harlem and New York City bank run on the Knickerbocker Trust prompts a potential receivership. Depositors, mostly women, scramble for cash as officers announce a temporary suspension and plan a $20,000,000 pool to guarantee certificates. Police manage crowds while officials seek to stabilize the bank amid sensational events surrounding its collapse after the copper crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oel
Knickerbocken Ani
Heinze
Cartilcates
Foster Higgins
Knickerborker
Mhey
Almont
Ming
Baid
Joseph B. Brown
Trust
Wishy
al Foster Higzina
Naw
Browh'r
State Superintendent of Banking
Knickerbocker
Mr. Brown
George W Sithner
Women's Department
Brown
Fifth Avenue
Agting
Bernard Kelleher
Helier Challinsl Seeks Parade to New Home
An unclear note mentions Helier Challinsl aiming to move to a new home with assistance from ROBY EOD. The fragment hints at relocation efforts and an implied court or public action but lacks coherent details. The item reads as a damaged or garbled notice with few readable facts.
Uncle Sam wary in aiding banks
Washington reports indicate Secretary Cortelyou used Treasury power to pressure Wall Street factions before approving a $10,000,000 bank aid. The aim is to stabilize deposits without backing rival interests or controlling railroads and major industries. Changes in big corporations, including Illinois Central and Union Pacific groups, are anticipated as the low market movement continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cortelyou
Wall Street
Morgan-Hiull
Harriman
Treasury
Hartiman
Union Pacific Central
Morgan-Hill
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Chetstmias
Earthquake in Italy Kills Hundreds
Rome Oct. 26 reports indicate about 210 bodies were recovered from quake ruins as devastations spread. Death tolls likely to rise beyond 400, roads and telegraph lines cut, making totals hard to confirm. Shocks persist, rain falls, villagers shelter outdoors with children cared for in open spaces.
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Rome
Calabria
Pasadena Woman Plans Marriage to Stranger in Canada
A Pasadena matron named Esther Michener travels east to wed William Kennedy, a Canadian government official she has never met. The romance began two years ago after favorable chatter from mutual friends, with both sides now set for a wedding following a long-distance courtship.
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Pasadena
Cal
Cupid
Chicago
Poronto
Esther Michener
Redondo
William Kennedy
Kennedy
Jong
Ago
Michener
Old resident kills lawyer and self in Laramie tragedy
In Laramie Wyoming on October 26 William Leeper, long-time local, shot Judge Charles W Brammell a noted attorney and politician, three times then killed himself, angry over how Brammell handled a lawsuit against him.
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Laramie
Wyo
William Leeper
Charles W. Brammell
Brammeel
Fragmentary note on bid and site pricing constraints
A garbled OCR fragment references a $90,000 amount, a four year period, and a phrase about a site near the east of the lot with a $16,000 limit. It mentions digression and lack of oversight and that an age election appears to have faded.
French Officer Arrested in Naval Secrets Case
Paris October 28. The French Navy officer Mnsign Charles Ashmo was arrested in Toulon on suspicion of spying and later confessed to stealing a secret naval signal book and cipher code. A second officer named Berton was arrested in Vendome for negotiating with a foreign agent to sell military secrets. The case, likened to a second Dreyfus affair, involved a dummy correspondence and yielded plans for mobilization of the navy, harbor mine locations, and a 75 millimeter field gun mechanism.
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Paris
Mnsign
Charles
Ashmo
Toulon
Vendome
Berton
Dreyfus
Uilma
Documenta
Mililaler of Marine
France
Ex-president Gillette of Mutual Life found guilty of perjury
New York Oct 28 The first conviction in the legislative disclosures case of Burdick era 1905-08 was returned by the jury in the criminal branch of the supreme court finding Walter R Gillette ex vice president of Mutual Life Insurance company guilty of perjury in the third degree The verdict carried a mercy recommendation The charge says he testified falsely before the grand jury May 24 while vice president of Mutual He stated that certain money in the Dobbs Ferry bank were his personal funds and later admitted under cross examination they were the property of Mutual Life Insurance Company
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New York
Gillette
Grand Jury
The
Mutual
Jerome
Dobbs Ferry
Mutuz Life Insurance Company
Trio of Weddings for Miss Vanderbilt
New York date line reports Gladys Vanderbilt will wed Count Ladis Sachenyi in three ceremonies by December 4. Archbishop Farley will preside at the Catholic ceremony, Mayor on civil rites at City Hall, and a Protestant Episcopal service at St. Bartholomew’s, with the Vanderbilts staging a Fifth Avenue home ceremony as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Misa Gladys Vanderbilt
America
Ladissizus Sachenyi
Archbishop Farley
McClellan
New York’ City Hall
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Vanderbilt
Fifth, Avenue
Sachenyis
Hungary
Mrs Cook Accused Of Making Dates For Blydenburgh Girl
In a Des Moines court case, Mrs Tessie Cook is accused amid testimony involving Irene Blydenburgh of Eldora. The defense questions a forged date attempt while state witness Cook denies the charge as the trial proceeds with Gadd and Dickinson linked to the murder investigation.
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Moines
Herbert
B. Dickinson
Irene Blydenburgh
Eldora
Dickinson
Gadd
Geélfe
Tessie
Pretty Thoughts as Beauty Preservers in Chicago
Chicago residents report Miss Ivah de Chipenham promoting aesthetic physical culture based on “curved thought.” She aims to help married women reclaim romance through light exercise and mental discipline, denouncing dwelling on troubles and advocating graceful, elongated muscular development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ivah de Chipenham
New York
Thaw Sells Right in Old Homestead in Pittshburg
Pittsburg Met March 24 Henry M Thaw and Mrs Jovelyn Nesbit Thaw deeded their interests in the Thaw homestead and adjacent property in Pittshore to Harry Thaw s brothers and executors. Documents prepared in New York August 16 record a 5120 000 consideration. The action ends long family disputes over the estate tied to Harry Thaws trial. The Pittshore mansion on West Street, a landmark since 1852, remains a symbol of the Thaw era.
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Pittshburg
Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Jovelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Pittshore
Iarry Thaw
Elaters
New York
Flarry
Wifth
Harry
Heelyn Nesbit
Howe
Willam Thin
THREE WIVES WILL MOURN THIS NEGRO
Coroner inquest heard how Odette Joab L Dennis a negro kept three households and died after visiting Laura Dennis at 2 Bose Street. He told Laura to fetch the third wife but gave the wrong address and Mattie could not find her. Dennis and the plans to reveal the other wife caused his death. Dennis not located.
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Philosnipia
Odette Joab L. Dennis
Dennis
Laura Dennis
Boombard Street
Hev
Laura
Mattly “Dennis
Tine Street
Mattle
Mattie
Che Tilu
Wife the Real Head of the Family at Wisconsin talk
Professor L D Harvey urged that the wife be the family administrator and the husband the provider at a Wisconsin Federation of Women's clubs convention address on home education for girls. He argued society has created female professional schools to train women as providers but has not recognized their role in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pond du Lac
Wig
L.D. Harvey
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Club
Socety
Government seizes 8.76 million cigarets under Sherman Act
The seizure, valued at about 3272.50, marked the first use of Section 6 of the Sherman anti trust law to forfeit property tied to a conspiracy in tobacco trade. The action targeted Virginia holdings of corporations allied with American tobacco trustees, importing contraband into the United States.
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Virginia
United States
Robber Shot Seeks Damages Arrested in Cleveland
Frank Provock returned to a looted house to claim damages after being shot in the ear during the burglary. Beitt fired at him, and Provock later confronted Beitt demanding payment for his wound before fleeing. Police captured him hours later and charged him with burglary and larceny.
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Cleveland
Frank Provock
Provork
Paul J. Bettt
Beitt
Bettt
Ocean steamer sinks mysteriously at port dock
Report from Anobitecs B C dated February 26 states the Canadian Arctic Railway's crack Orientbateting Unipress vessel sank last evening beside the port dock. Sea cocks were opened, but no one can determine the cause or who was aboard.
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Jy Anobitecs
B.C
Actic , Railway, Company
Unipress
Kicked by Horse Injures Sibley Man in Ames Area
In Sibley Iowa on October 26 a man identified as W Marsh on veterinary duty was kicked by a horse. He suffered injuries expected to be serious but not life threatening as he recovers in Ames with medical staff attending.
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Sibley
W Marsh
Cs Veterinary
Roosevelt speech at Mound Bayou highlights negro citizens
President Roosevelt made a three minute stop in Mound Bayou Mississippi where nearly all residents are Black. He praised self reliance and education, urged home training alongside school learning, and stressed personal responsibility for success and fair play under the law. The audience gave the speech close attention and lengthy applause.
Hadley to aid Young in contempt appeal at Supreme Court
Minneapolis October 21 Attorney General Hadley of Missouri to assist Minnesota AG Young in his Supreme Court appeal over contempt of court sentence by Judge Lochren. Hadley to argue order to show cause as Young seeks release. Nearby, aides Sampson and OuBr travel to Washington with habeas corpus plea. Hadley assists as president of state attorneys general association. The case centers on Eleventh Amendment limits on federal jurisdiction over state actions.
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Minneapolis
Hadley
Missouri
Young
Minnesota
United States Supreme‘court
Lochren
T. B. OuBr Teaecal Censer
Supreme ® Court
United ‘States
United States
Unnatural Love in German Royalty Case Trial Opens
Berlin October 26. A sensational case centers on alleged unnatural friendship between Count Kuno von Moltke and Prince ZU Eulenberg. Moltke sues Maximilian Harden of the weekly Zuckenfeat for defaming him by claims of letters calling the prince soul and beloved, with testimony about intimate gestures. Crown Prince Frederick William ordered investigations leading to the court appearance before Justice Kerr. Frau von Elbe, Moltke’s former wife, testified about her husband and the prince.
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Berlin
Kune von Moltke
Prince Zu Eulenberg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Moltke
Badtter
Maximilian Harden
Free Lance
Zuckenfeat
von Moltke
Testis
Hrang
Justice Kerr
Zy Ma.renburg
Trusts Attacked as Tariff Reform Urged by Paper Makers
In Joliot on October 26 a resolution from the printers and paper makers calls for prosecution of trusts and a tariff on all materials entering printing manufacture. The Tillpoly Daily News printers' association convened to urge these reforms.
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Joliot
Tex
Tillpoly Daily News
Opers
Alleged Slayer's Defense Claims Death By Own Action
Fragmentary text suggests alleged slayer's defense arguing death resulted from the victim's own actions. Names and clear context are unreadable. details are obscured in the garbled OCR.
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Y Batts Angeles
Knickerbocker Bank
Waldor
Broadway
Trust Company
Dell. Beck
Jehacke Betni
H&d
Harlem
Avery Penny
Lennox Avenue
Maher
Harlem Savings Bank
Andrew Kane
Swhalessla
Butcher
John Bankey
Bronx
Snickerbocker
Captain Price
Jthb
Iulee
Uncle Sam
Italy
Mutual Life
Miss Vanderbilt
Sarah Truax
Rem
Old Homestead
Slayer
Wife
Meley
Roosevelt
Tim
Whitlow
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